Max Planck — "A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making t…"

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
Max Planck — Max Planck Modern · Quantum theory

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Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers

Date: 1949 (posthumous, reflecting earlier thoughts)

Power & Leadership

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